Branch Blog - Wellington, New Zealand
December’s performers are the fabulous Lady/Man/ladies! Wellington’s top faux queens!
Illustration and design my the uber delightful Gavin Mouldey who has amazing blogs
Yes, they are ladies, (not Gavin, we're talking about the Lady/Man/Ladies here) dressed as men dressed as ladies… no wait, better than that, more than that: they are ladies, dressed as drag queens! They are hot, sexy, over-the-top and fabulous! and they can sing!
At the risk of overusing my allowance of exclamation marks in one blog post these two performers and sensational! The women behind the queens behind the ladies
Illustration and design my the uber delightful Gavin Mouldey who has amazing blogs
Yes, they are ladies, (not Gavin, we're talking about the Lady/Man/Ladies here) dressed as men dressed as ladies… no wait, better than that, more than that: they are ladies, dressed as drag queens! They are hot, sexy, over-the-top and fabulous! and they can sing!
At the risk of overusing my allowance of exclamation marks in one blog post these two performers and sensational! The women behind the queens behind the ladies
Massive thanks to MINGE feminist theatre group for an excellent Dr. Sketchys
Photo by Pauline Autet
They came, they sang, they read, they puppeteered, they joked, they pimped their show, they posed, they philosophised, they sat amazingly still, they sold badges and zines and they rocked our socks off. MINGE theatre troupe TOOK OVER Dr. Sketchy Wellington in November and they did a FANTASTIC job!
They stated that the political is the personal, and MINGE were very political indeed (especially during that reading on female ejaculation). Competitions included drawing onto/around/inside a diagram of a vulva, Read Full Article
Photo by Pauline Autet
They came, they sang, they read, they puppeteered, they joked, they pimped their show, they posed, they philosophised, they sat amazingly still, they sold badges and zines and they rocked our socks off. MINGE theatre troupe TOOK OVER Dr. Sketchy Wellington in November and they did a FANTASTIC job!
They stated that the political is the personal, and MINGE were very political indeed (especially during that reading on female ejaculation). Competitions included drawing onto/around/inside a diagram of a vulva,
This week Wellington based The Fashion Workshop put together a fabulous exhibition of pimped-up bras to fundraise for the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation. Here is our entry:
Oodles of prizes were raffled, - we won a $10 voucher for Arobake, yum! - the standard and diversity of entries was amazing and the evening was a great success. Here is a photo from Dr. Sketchy Wellington HQ the night before:
Thanks Fashion Workshop, we hope this becomes a regular event. xXx
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Oodles of prizes were raffled, - we won a $10 voucher for Arobake, yum! - the standard and diversity of entries was amazing and the evening was a great success. Here is a photo from Dr. Sketchy Wellington HQ the night before:
Thanks Fashion Workshop, we hope this becomes a regular event. xXx
We just wanted to let you all know that Dr. Sketchy Wellington is the place to see and be seen (as well as draw and be drawn). We are in this week's 'People' section of the Dominion Post. Stylin.
Illustration by Jem Yoshioka
On Saturday the 13th of November Dr. Sketchy Wellington will be joined by the fabulous girls from MINGE, a feminist theatre troupe who will be putting on a play at Bats theatre later in the month. These chicks are AWESOME! The MINGE fan page is one of the best and well maintained Facebook fan pages on the web, full of brilliant links, discussion and information.
Just before we go and leave you with some lovely photos of the MINGE troupe, you should also know about one more thing. The wonderful people at 
Photo by Alastair Moore
Wow! Huge thank you Venus Star, blonde hula hooping bombshell and the utterly lovely Tinka Lovelocks. Both of you are amazing... and those SHOES - oh my. We had a great time as the warm spring sun filtered into Mighty Mighty. The fabulous Illustrator Used Bandaid won both our Calico Jacks best dressed award as well as the best imagined background prize, you are sure to enjoy your lovely neck and shoulder massage.
Photo by Alastair Moore
Well done also to everyone who got into the sprit,
